To the Editor:
Re “Senate Blocks 4 Measures Proposed to Curb Gun Sales” (news article, June 21):
After Sandy Hook, nothing. After Orlando, nothing. Aurora. Charleston. Virginia Tech. San Bernardino. Columbine. Blood is everywhere, and huge majorities want reasonable gun controls.
When the will of the people is consistently thwarted, a nation’s claim to democracy is called into question. After the Port Arthur tragedy in 1996, in which a gunman killed 35 people, Australians demanded strict measures, including a buyback program funded by taxes, and the public’s will became law.
Here, we have popular opinion but no results. Our Congress accepts the National Rifle Association’s worldview without reflection, study or hearings, and the wisdom of a huge majority is ignored yet again.
CURT LaFOND
Montgomery, Ala.
Note from KBJ: Yes, a "buyback program" would have prevented these murders. What a blithering idiot.
